Background
Charlton was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and studied law at Yale University as a classmate of future President William Howard Taft and Puerto Rico Governor William H. Hunt.
Charlton was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and studied law at Yale University as a classmate of future President William Howard Taft and Puerto Rico Governor William H. Hunt.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1878.
Charlton practiced law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and in Omaha, Nebraska. Prior to his two years on the bench, he served as legal counsel for the War Department"s Bureau of Insular Affairs, which was responsible for the United States. Government"s administration of Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Charlton was appointed as the federal judge in Puerto Rico by President Taft in 1911.
He served until 26 March 1913 and was succeeded by Peter J. Hamilton.
He remained in Puerto Rico, practicing law in San Juan. When the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey ordered Porter Charlton"s extradition, Paul Charlton appealed in a case heard by the United States Supreme Court as Charlton v.
Kelly. On 10 June 1913 the Supreme Court affirmed the extradition order.
Paul Charlton died in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico following surgery for a carbuncle.
Married Helen Wanstall, January 8, 1908.